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French soldiers advance through the rugged terrain,Mekong river and ammunition being dropped through parachutes in Laos
The veteran French jungle fighters advance in Laos. French soldiers advance through the rugged terrain. They cross the Mekong river. The men advance through dense jungle. The aircraft drop the ammunition through parachutes. The soldiers look at the parachute descending. The ammunition supplies piled up. Soldiers fire an artillery. A soldier holding a gun seated in a boat.
U.S. president and Khrushchev meet while Prince Phouma and other dignitaries meet in Laos for formation of coalition government.
U.S. and Laos leaders meet for discussions on formation of a coalition government in Laos. Map of Laos. Plane comes cargo being unloaded from the plane. U.S. President John F. Kennedy meets Chairman of the council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev in Vienna, Austria. Prince Souvanna Phouma of Laos disembark. He goes away in a car. Communist head of Laos comes and journalists interview him. The Laos Right Wing Military Chief being interviewed in Laos. Officials confer in a meeting.
United States Vice President Richard Nixon in a meeting at Rue Gia Long palace in Saigon, Vietnam
United States Vice President Richard Nixon arrives at the Dinh Gia Long Palace (now known as the Ho Chi Minh City Museum 65 Lý Tự Trọng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Flags of the United States and Vietnam fly atop the palace. Soldiers dressed in white stand for an honor guard. Vice President Nixon, American Ambassador to Indochina (Cambodia, Laos and South Vietnam) Donald R. Heath, along with other officials from Vietnam enter the palace where they have a meeting. After the meeting they come out of the palace.
America test fires the M65 atomic cannon in the Nevada Test Site; 1953 East German uprising and Trieste Crisis in Europe
Major events of the year 1953. The first atomic artillery test fired in United States on May 25, 1953. The M65 atomic cannon moving in the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat). A mushroom cloud rises after the M65 Atomic Cannon, sometimes called Atomic Annie, is fired and atomic bomb explodes. The M65 atomic cannon test is done as part of the Upshot–Knothole series of nuclear tests. East German uprising of 1953 (“Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953”). Riots in East Germany against the increase in work quotas and withholding of American food. East German police escort a man away during a riot. People protest in streets as police try to crush the revolt. A stack of StarLac boxes bound for East Germany with sign in front. Sign reads “First Food Relief Shipment to East Germany by M.S.A. United States Lines S.S. American Inventor”. East Germans line up to receive food relief from the United States. An East German woman receives a food aid pack from the United States. The Trieste Crisis of 1953. Sign in front of a house reads “Trsta ne damo”. Officials inspect a car in the United Nations Security Council-controlled Free Territory of Trieste. Students riot in the streets of Trieste over the issue of Adriatic area between Italy and Yugoslavia.
Premier Souvanna Phouma, visits Royal Laotian Forces at outpost in Thakhet, Laos
Prince Souvanna Phouma, Premier of Laos, visits outpost in Thakhet, Laos. He walks from his car, accompanied by a group of Laotian military officers, and salutes contingent of soldiers lined up to greet him. The Prince, dressed in a business suit, with tie, carries a derby hat and cane, and smokes a pipe. He and his entourage enter a rustic building, where he is briefed by an officer using a large wall map. Laotian soldiers sit on armored vehicles, under shade trees. Group of tribesmen sit on ground, in shade. American military advisor examines captured weapons. Souvanna Phouma, wearing derby hat, converses outdoors, with Laotian soldier, wearing beret. He and entourage observe artillery firing demonstration. Laotian troops stand around a mortar.
Rally in remembrance of those who died in East German Revolt against Soviets in 1953
Anniversary of East German Revolt against Soviets in 1953. West Berliners including Mayor Willy Brandt and Chancellor Ludwig Erhard at the memorials of those who died in East German Revolt against Soviets in 1953. Flowers on memorials. More than 200 memorial services recall day of revolt in 1953. Chancellor Erhard leads 75,000 people in a rally before the Town Hall. Freedom torch is lit by a man.
